Thin-film AC-DC converter with thermoresistive sensing

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 382-386

  Katzmann, Fred L ^a,b   Klonz, Manfred ^c   Spiegel, Thomas ^c   Kessler, Ernst ^d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Montclair Scientific Instruments   (United States)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AC DC converter; Thermoresistive sensing; Thin film converter

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THERMOCOUPLES; THIN FILM DEVICES;

THERMAL INTEGRATOR; THERMORESISTIVE SENSING; THIN FILM CONVERTER;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0031117654     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.571861     Document Type: Article

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